tonytr87

I think DDL and Phoenix are equal, but I'd rather see Phoenix win. DDL already has TWO for goddsakes.

People supporting shit movies, calling Penn and Gosling bad actors...this forum has officially gone to shit.

You're insane. Gosling has charisma in spades. That's one of his defining attributes. And the guy is one of the least smug people in Hollywood. What are you smoking and where can I get it?

I wasn't referring to precursors. I was referring to the fact that Weaver's role is not Oscar caliber at all. Great movie, and she's fine in it, but an Oscar nomination? No.

This is true. Mainly because comedy is much more subjective than a crime thriller. A bad crime thriller is a bad crime thriller. Even if HH looks absolutely wretched to me, different people find different things funny.

Quite sad that HH increased. At least the right film is #1 though.

Zero Dark Thirty was brilliant. This torture controversy is absolutely ludicrous. At no point does the film condone it at all. Deserves all the money it can get.

Sort of random and off-topic...but did anyone else go "WTF" at Jackie Weaver's nomination for SLP?

Thank goodness. Bourne Legacy and especially Hansel and Gretel were career mistakes.

I called it months ago. The story of how we caught Bin Laden is a very tantalizing one. Just watching Youtube videos of crowds of people reacting to the news told me that a movie about how it went down would nab moviegoers' interest.

I thought it was a good film, but highly overrated. The fact that Zeitlin got a nomination for that, his very first film, over Affleck who just delivered his third great movie in a row...is just silly.Sometimes I think old Academy members watched it and mistakenly thought Malick directed it.

A Haunted House is apparently blatantly homophobic (and not in a harmless "this is comedy" sort of way, but a mean-spirited, abhorrent sort of way). Those seeing it...I don't know what to say.

American Football is the most overrated THING of all time. I watch how rabid people are about it and I just don't get it. But I guess that's what happens when you have a nation full of traditions (football) and full of people who prefer not to think for themselves. And yes, I'm an American.

Except for Thorin, I don't think remembering their names mattered much.

Never read a single Tolkien book and I liked the dinner scene, as well as the rest of the movie just fine. It's not a masterpiece like the original trilogy, but I'd give it a solid B+

My question is, why did the Neeson-starring Les Miz bomb so badly in the 90's?

Is this a joke? Les Miz was never going to sniff 200m.

Haunted House is a flop in the making. And I think Gangster Squad lost a bit of steam when its release was delayed. I don't feel the anticipation for it like I did late last summer. There's also the matter of director Ruben Fleicher being a big question mark (sure, Zombieland was funny, but his last effort was a big misfire). The cast is promising, and I'll watch Gosling in anything, but the trailers come off as formulaic and a little over-the-top.

These people clapping for Les Miz have to be fans. I understand applauding Hathaway's "I Dreamed a Dream" or one of Jackman's solos, but the entire film? The movie is severely flawed. It's saved by its performances.

Calling it now...Django will outgross Les Miz.

The Guilt Trip:30% fullTrailers:Don't rememberMovie: C-Tripe. Harmless tripe, but tripe nonetheless. Streisand seems to mistake endless nagging for humor and Rogen seems to mistake fuming in response to said nagging for humor. A few chuckles here and there. The entire audience was over 50, so naturally not much of a reaction from anyone. Not as bad as I thought it would be, but still bland, unfunny, and predictable.Les Miserables:90% fullTrailers:Don't rememberMovie: B-Great performances from Jackman, Redmayne, and especially Hathaway salvage a film plagued with bad direction, slow pacing, an uninvolving storyline (at least for me), and bad CGI. Crowe isn't horrible, but he's obviously the weakest link voice-wise. Bonham Carter and Baron Cohen are amusing but nothing more. Hathaway will win an Oscar. Jackman will be nominated. And hopefully, HOPEFULLY, Hooper isn't nominated for Director. I'll commend him for not cutting during some of the tremendous solos dolled out by the cast, but everything else...bleh.Django Unchained:85% fullTrailers:Dark Skies - silenceThis is the End - big laughs, looks great, can't waitScary Movie 5 - chuckles, looks pretty horridZero Dark Thirty - some chatter, perfect trailerThe Last Stand - laughter AT it, looks horribleMovie: ATarantino's 3rd best behind Pulp Fiction and Basterds. Funny, entertaining, violent, disturbing (in a good way), iconic, and filled with great performances from Dicaprio, Waltz, and Jackson. Foxx is good too. Typical Tarantino in all the best ways.

KTS is a good movie, not great, but decent. People are close-minded. They went in expecting an action film, it wasn't, so that pissed them off because they're ignorant fools.

Anyone else getting the feeling that Weinstein botched the release/marketing for Silver Linings? This a film that could be a mainstream moneymaker and yet the buzz doesn't seem to be there among general audiences.

You'd think audiences would like being surprised. Dummies.

Yep. Honestly, I don't know where these stats come from. Has anyone here EVER been polled or known anyone who was polled after a movie? The only occasions I can think of are free sneak previews (which aren't included in Cinemascore), so how reliable can it really be.